DanceSport team members pose for the Cambridge University nude calendar (Image: KEVIN LOW/BAV MEDIA)

Footballers bare all for the Cambridge University nude calendar (Image: KEVIN LOW/BAV MEDIA)

In another shot a group of nude American football players are seen punting down the historic Backs where several colleges back onto the River Cam.

Student Emma Teal, who organised the Cambridge Blues calendar with fellow undergraduates Ladislaya Ladanyi, Joanna Moest and Zoe Cohen, said: "We all really enjoyed making the calendar, although it did involve a lot of early mornings as we had to go to the locations when there weren't too many people about.

"I think the students surprised a few tourists when they posed on the Mathematical Bridge as it's very near a public path.

"We've had some comments that there’s no way some of the sportsmen and women can look that good, but no one is edited, they really do look that naturally beautiful."

Cambridge University nude calendar (Image: KEVIN LOW/BAV MEDIA)

Cambridge students took part in nude photoshoots across the city (Image: KEVIN LOW/BAV MEDIA)

Miss Ladanyi said: "All the teams were fantastic and very enthusiastic. Some of our outdoor shots were taken early in February when it was still snowing and still they didn't complain despite the freezing cold low temperatures.

"Although the prospect of getting up and stripping off at dawn did not always seem very appealing to the team and models, the good-natured atmosphere and non-stop entertainment made the early mornings so much more enjoyable."

Joanna Moest said: "The hockey men started doing press ups before the shoot to make their muscles look pumped up.

"The rock’n’roll dance shoot one of the hardest as it was freezing and it's a really exposed bridge so we had lots of very confused early morning walkers."